Raleigh politicians came back on September 28th for a session with veto overrides on the table, and Freedom to Carry NC still didn’t get a House override vote. The Senate overrode the veto 30 to 19 on July 29th, 2025, and the House has never voted. Also this week: DOJ won’t appeal the Texas suppressor ruling, but North Carolina isn’t covered, and the Supreme Court has 57 firearms cases waiting.
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Coffee’s on. It was a short week for North Carolina gun news, so I won’t pad this one. But what didn’t happen in Raleigh is the story, and you need to hear it.
THE POLITICIANS CAME BACK TO TOWN. FREEDOM TO CARRY NC STAYED IN THE DRAWER.
Legislators came back to Raleigh on Monday, September 28th, for a session where veto overrides were on the table, according to news reports. The headlines were about a judicial discipline bill and a public camping bill.
You know what wasn’t on the House’s to-do list? Freedom to Carry NC. The Senate overrode the veto way back on July 29th, 2025, by a vote of 30 to 19. The House has never held its override vote. Not once. So permitless carry is still not law in North Carolina, and nothing changed this week.
Think about that. More than fourteen months. They had the building, the session and the chance, and your right to carry still couldn’t get a spot on the agenda. Camping and judges made the headlines. You didn’t.
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House override votes on Freedom to Carry NC since the Senate voted on July 29, 2025.
So when somebody in Raleigh tells you they’re “working on it,” ask them one simple question: when’s the vote?
North Carolina voting dates
Friday, October 9, 5 p.m.: regular registration closes.
Thursday, October 15 to Saturday, October 31: early voting, with same-day registration available. The last day ends at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, November 3: Election Day. Absentee ballots have been going out since September 4.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED THIS WEEK
DOJ won’t appeal the suppressor ruling. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told Congress in a letter that went public Thursday that the Justice Department won’t appeal the Texas decision on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and AOWs. With the NFA tax at $0, that court said the registration and transfer rules go beyond Congress’s taxing power. Good news, but read the fine print: the order protects only the plaintiffs, their members and customers, and 15 plaintiff states, and North Carolina isn’t one of them. It’s still getting sorted out, too: the plaintiff states have asked the court to clarify how far the order reaches, and ATF hasn’t issued transfer guidance yet.
The Supreme Court is sitting on a mountain of gun cases. The justices held their long conference Monday with 57 firearms cases on the list, by one legal center’s count, including carry in “sensitive places,” reciprocity and 18-to-20-year-olds. No gun case has been granted or denied yet. The first full orders list is expected Monday, and the AR-15 ban cases already on the docket are set for argument December 2nd.
That’s the rundown. A Senate that did its job, a House that still hasn’t, and a Supreme Court that could shake things up as soon as Monday.
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Rob Knisley
North Carolina Firearms Coalition
P.S. Know a gun owner who isn’t registered yet? They’ve got until Friday at 5 p.m., or they can register same-day once early voting starts on the 15th. Send them this email and make the call before the weekend’s out.